RALEIGH - Frank D. Whitney, United States Attorney for the Eastern District
of North Carolina and Jeff Jordan, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge
for U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Charlotte, announced
the arrest of two Indonesian nationals and a Senegalese national who
were working as contract language instructors at the U. S. Army John
F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School which falls under U. S.
Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg.

Yesterday, ICE agents arrested NURKIS QADARIAH, a 34-year-old native
of Indonesia, and SAYF RIMAL, a 37-year-old native of Indonesia, pursuant
to two criminal complaints filed in the Eastern District of North Carolina
charging them with violating Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1546(a), possessing
and using false documents, and Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1001(2), making
false statements.

The criminal complaints specifically allege that QADARIAH and RIMAL
utilized counterfeit Resident Alien Cards and made false statement under
penalty of perjury that they were Lawful Permanent Residents of the United
States in order to gain employment with BIB Consultants, Inc., for work
at the U. S. Army Installation at Fort Bragg. BIB Consultants, Inc. is
a Florida-based company that provides contract language instruction services
to U. S. Special Forces and other U. S. military personnel at Fort Bragg.

The complaints allege that neither QADARIAH, nor RIMAL are lawful permanent
residents of the United States. In fact, the complaint alleges that there
are pending removal and deportation proceedings against them both in
New York, N. Y. QADARIAH and RIMAL made their initial appearance today
in federal court in Raleigh, N. C. in connection with the charges.

ICE agents also arrested OUSMANE MOREAU, a 38-year-old native of Senegal,
last night in connection with the same investigation. MOREAU was charged
with administrative immigration violations, specifically being in the
United States illegally. He will be placed in removal proceedings.

“Unauthorized workers who use fraudulent documents to gain work
at sensitive U. S. military installations pose a serious homeland security
threat. Not only are their identities in question, but they are also
vulnerable to potential exploitation by terrorists and other criminals
given their illegal status in this country. Furthermore, such individuals
may have access to some of the most sensitive work sites in the nation,” said
ICE Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Jordan.

Lt. Colonel Hans Bush from Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg,
N. C. stated, “in this specific case these instructors had a purely
academic role and were not exposed to any special operations unique information.”

The three arrests were the result of a joint investigation by ICE, the
Defense Criminal Investigative Service, the U. S. Army Criminal Investigative
Division, and Fort Bragg security officials. The investigation continues.

The arrests are the latest in ICE’s effort to target and remove
illegal aliens working at sensitive sites and critical infrastructure
locations around the nation, including airports, seaports, nuclear plants,
chemical plants, and defense facilities. In accordance with ICE’s
homeland security mission, ICE special agents prioritize work site enforcement
efforts by focusing on investigations related to critical infrastructure
and national security.

As a part of this effort, ICE agents continue to focus attention on
facilities and companies that provide illegal contract employees to work
on U. S. military bases and on U. S. military products. Some recent cases
include:

•On July 26, 2005,
ICE agents arrested six illegal aliens working at the Homestead Air Reserve
Base in Homestead, Florida. The men, who were contracted by a Texas-based
corporation, were working on a major runway-resurfacing project. Officers
working at the Air Reserve’s main gate noticed irregularities in
the documents presented by the three men and called ICE for follow-up.

•On July 6, 2005,
ICE special agents, working with the Defense Criminal Investigation Service,
the Air Force Office of Investigation, the Social Security Office of
the Inspector General and the Johnston County Sheriff’s office,
arrested 48 illegal aliens who were working at the Seymour Johnson Air
Force Base in Goldsboro, N. C.

•On June 1, 2005,
ICE agents arrested 26 illegal workers who had access to the Northrup
Grumman Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The individuals were presented
for prosecution for a range of crimes including using fake documents
to gain employment making false statements, and illegal re-entry to the
United States after deportation.

•On May 17, 2005,
ICE agents arrested 9 unauthorized aliens performing contract work at
a Winston-Salem, N. C. facility that refits the U.S. Navy’s P-3
Orion aircraft - which is the Navy’s primary anti-submarine patrol
aircraft. The aliens are known to have performed work on the Navy aircraft.

•On April 14,
2005, ICE agents arrested 18 illegal aliens working for a San Diego company
that performed maintenance on the U. S. Navy vessels in San Diego. Most
of the aliens had badges authorizing them to enter the Navy base. An
ICE audit of the contractor revealed that nearly half of its employees
were illegal workers. The arrests were the latest in an ongoing ICE probe
that has netted 163 arrests of illegal aliens with access to military
bases in the San Diego area.

As to the criminal complaints filed in Raleigh, N. C. yesterday, Assistant
U.S. Attorney John S. Bowler is handling the cases for the federal government.

A criminal complaint is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt.
The defendants are entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the Government’s
burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. A trial date has not
been set.

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